Angelababy Yeung
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Angela Yeung Wing popularly known by her star name Angelababy, is a model and actress from Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

. Her "star name" came from the combination of her legal given name "Angela" and her nickname her family gave her "Baby".

Career

Angelababy's career began when she was spotted by Style International Inc. at the age of 17 and entered the modeling industry that year (2007). She then featured as a dancer in Jay Chou's 《07-08世界巡迴演唱會香港站》 concert in Hong Kong.

In Japan

In 2009, Avex Group, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

's biggest record label and talent agency, signed her a contract for activities in Japan.

Filmography

  • 2007: Trivial Matters (破事兒) Starring: Angelababy Yeung, Eason Chan
    Eason Chan
    Eason Chan Yik-shun is a prominent male singer in Hong Kong's music industry. Undoubtedly one of the most dominant male singers in the post-1997 era of Hong Kong music industry. Eason Chan has been praised by Time magazine as a front runner in the next generation of Cantopop...

    , Gillian Chung
    Gillian Chung
    Gillian Chung is a Hong Kong based singer and actress. She is a member of Cantopop group Twins, along with Charlene Choi.-Early life:...

  • 2009: Short of Love
    Short of Love
    -Synopsis:Wong Cho-Lam stars as Jack Lam, a self-employed stock trader who keeps his fortune amidst the 2008 financial tsunami, but loses his gold-digging girlfriend Lily . Now without a main squeeze, Jack meets the helpful and super-cute Angel , who advises him that he should learn to help others...

     (矮仔多情) Starring: Angelababy Yeung, Wong Cho Lam
    Wong Cho Lam
    Wong Cho Lam is a Hong Kong artiste currently working for TVB. He works as a stage actor, stage director, television actor, voice actor , DJ, television host, composer, lyricist, and singer. He graduated from The Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts in 2003 with First Honors in Bachelor of Arts...

    , JJ Jia
    JJ Jia
    Jia Xiaochen , better known as JJ Jia, is a Chinese actress and commercial model.-Film:-Television dramas:-External links:**...

    , Kate Tsui
    Kate Tsui
    Kate Tsui Tsz-shan is the 2004 Miss Hong Kong pageant winner and currently a TVB actress.-Education:Tsui graduated from the University of California, Davis, majoring in Japanese. She is skilled in different interests such as acting, dancing, learning languages, and snowboarding...

    , Chrissie Chau
    Chrissie Chau
    Chrissie Chau is a Hong Kong pseudo-model and actress. Chau with her usual provocative photos shots and photo album was titled Hong Kong's Young Model Pictorial Queen. She has appeared in a few advertisements which was the starting point of her career.-Biography:Chau emigrated from Chaozhou to...

    , Ella Koon
    Ella Koon
    Ella Koon Yun Na is Hong Kong-based Cantopop singer, actress and model. She is French by citizenship.-Biography:Ella Koon was born in the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, of Cantonese descent. She was raised in Hong Kong and attended high school in Birmingham, England...

    , Race Wong
    Race Wong
    Race Wong Yuen-Ling is a Hong Kong actress and a member of the Hong Kong-based Cantopop music group 2R alongside her sister Rosanne Wong. She is now a Singaporean resident.She speaks Cantonese, Mandarin, English.-Album:...

  • 2010: Hot Summer Days
    Hot Summer Days
    Hot Summer Days is a 2010 Hong Kong romantic comedy film featuring an ensemble cast including Nicholas Tse, Jacky Cheung, Daniel Wu, Vivian Hsu, Barbie Hsu, René Liu, Angelababy and William Chan and also featuring a guest appearance by Maggie Cheung...

     (全城熱戀熱辣辣) Starring: Angelababy Yeung,
  • 2010: All's Well, Ends Well 2010
    All's Well, Ends Well 2010
    All's Well, Ends Well 2010 is the fifth installment of the All's Well, Ends Well series released during China's lunar holiday seasons. Directed by Raymond Wong and Herman Yau, it was released to cinemas in Hong Kong on February 11, 2010.-Plot:...

     (花田囍事2010)
  • 2011: Black & White (痞子英雄)
  • 2011: All's Well, Ends Well 2011
    All's Well, Ends Well 2011
    All's Well, Ends Well 2011 is a 2011 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed by Chan Hing-ka and Janet Chun. It is the sixth installment in the All's Well, Ends Well film series, was released on 2 February 2011.-Plot:...

  • 2011: The Founding of a Party
    The Founding of a Party
    The Founding of a Party, alternatively titled in English Beginning of the Great Revival for its international release, is a Chinese film released in 2011 to mark the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of China...

     (建党伟业)
  • 2011: Love in Space
    Love in Space (film)
    Love in Space is a 2011 Hong Kong romantic comedy film produced Fruit Chan, directed by Tony Chan and Wing Shya and stars an ensemble cast including Aaron Kwok, Eason Chan, René Liu, Kwai Lun-mei, Angelababy, Jing Boran and a guest appearance by Xu Fan...

  • 2011: Love You You


Other than her movies, Angelababy has featured in a large number of catwalk appearances, Television shows and commercials throughout Asia. Also she acted in the MV of William Chan (singer), her ex-boyfriend.

She also starred in the in the Japanese web drama Tweet Love Story in July 2010. The basis of the drama is audience participation via Twitter; four of the scenes contain a missing line spoken by Angelababy that are later completed from selected viewer tweets with the hash tag #tweetlovestory.

Discography

Singles
  • 2010: Beauty Survivor
  • 2011: Love Never Stops
  • 2011: Everyday's A Beautiful Story


Compilation Albums
  • 2011: m-flo TRIBUTE ~stitch the future and past~ (Her song "Tripod Baby" is included)


Angelababy sings the theme from the 2010 Vidal Sassoon
Vidal Sassoon
Vidal Sassoon, CBE is a widely recognised British hairdresser, credited with creating a simple geometric, "Bauhaus-inspired" hair style, also called the bob...

 Japanese "Beauty Survivor" campaign. The song was released as a single. The song is sung in English and Japanese.

External links

(courtesy of Avex Group and BrainSync)
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